[HDNG]SERVICES:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]W3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Creche [BULL] Lesbian and Gay Society [BULL] Mature SA [BULL] Minibus [BULL] Self-defence classes [ESTAT][PARA]NSA has a full-time welfare adviser and the University employs 2 counsellors to help students with problems more serious than an overdue essay. Each site has a welfare room. The Health Centre at Craiglockart has 1 nurse and an occupational therapy service is available.[PARA][BOLD]Women:[EBOLD] The Women's Group deals with family planning, rape crisis and invites speakers. There's a Men's Group, but they discuss men's attitudes to feminism more than beer and football. Subsidised personal attacks alarms (ú1). The post of Women's Officer has been replaced by an Equal Opportunities Officer.[PARA][BOLD]Disabled: [EBOLD][ITAL]Access is slightly better than it is at Base Camp, Mount Everest,[EITAL] there are even some ramps and [ITAL]it's getting better (slowly)[EITAL], but generally, facilities for disabled students need to be arranged on an individual basis. There are some grants to provide for special needs.[HDNG]FINANCE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Ave debt per year: ú1,200 [BULL] Access fund: ú200,000 [BULL] Successful applications (1992): 310[ESTAT][PARA]NSA has a hardship fund of ú3,000 (or 50p per undergrad) which it dishes out as ú30 loans to the desperate.[PARA][PARA]
